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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F252-FF256 doi:10.1136/adc.2004.055558
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Does cranial ultrasound imaging identify arterial cerebral infarction in term neonates?

Table 2

 Correlation between side of lesion on late ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Ultrasound findings MRI
Unilateral Unilateral infarct/contralateral changes Bilateral infarcts
Normal (n  =  6) 6
Unilateral focal wedge shape (n  =  10) 9 1
Unilateral focal wedge shape with contralateral changes (n  =  3) 1 1 1
Unilateral focal non-typical (n  =  10) 4 6
Unilateral focal non-typical with contralateral changes (n  =  5) 1 3 1
Basal ganglia (unilateral) (n  =  7) 7
Bilateral echodensity (n  =  6) 3 2 1

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